Amnesty: Since 2014, Russia has sought to change the ethnic makeup of Crimea and has suppressed non-Russian identities. These policies appear to be a blueprint for Russia’s designs on other areas of Ukraine it occupies
by Oddfellows_Local_151
Amnesty: Since 2014, Russia has sought to change the ethnic makeup of Crimea and has suppressed non-Russian identities. These policies appear to be a blueprint for Russia’s designs on other areas of Ukraine it occupies
by Oddfellows_Local_151
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**Amnesty’s report for the 10th anniversary of the Crimea annexation**:
> Since 2014, Russia has occupied Crimea, Ukraine. Over the last ten years, Russia has sought to change the ethnic makeup of the peninsula and has suppressed non-Russian identities. People have been forced to accept Russian citizenship, religious minorities have been persecuted, students have been subjected to indoctrination and Crimean Tatar and Ukrainian cultural celebrations have been banned. The international community must ensure those responsible are brought to justice.
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> *What’s the problem?*
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> Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014 effectively turned many Ukrainian citizens into foreigners in their own country overnight. Those who refused Russian citizenship had to apply for residence permits in their own country or be forcibly transferred out of the region. Russia has transferred its own population into Crimea. These practices may amount to crimes under international law.
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> Russia has targeted the youth of Crimea, filling schools with propaganda that justifies its war of aggression and undermines Crimean Tatars’ history as an Indigenous People. Meanwhile, the de facto authorities have all but eradicated tuition in the Ukrainian language.
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> Religious minorities not endorsed by Russia face discrimination, harassment or being outlawed. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine has been effectively banned and Muslims face persecution. Jehovah’s Witnesses are imprisoned for practicing their faith.
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> The authorities have silenced any dissenting voices in media, including those in Crimean Tatar and Ukrainian. Residents of Crimea are cut off from Ukrainian media and the de facto authorities use severe reprisals to intimidate and silence independent journalists.
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> Cultural celebrations, even weddings, are tightly controlled. Permission is required for any public assembly. Ukrainian books have been removed from libraries, and any public display of loyalty to Ukraine is severely punished.
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> In ten years of occupation, Russia has sought to destroy or suppress Ukrainian and Tatar identity in Crimea. These policies appear to be a blueprint for Russia’s designs on other areas of Ukraine it occupies.
Amnesty is trash, won’t read anything out of their filthy mouths anymore. No way I forget what they did at the beginning of the invasion.
>Amnesty: Since 2014,
[Since 1944](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_of_the_Crimean_Tatars), they wanted to say?
And it’s not the first time russia has used this method of ethnic cleansing.
The most baffling part about all this is that the international community has done absolutely NOTHING about it.
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Russia has done this for at least 100 years. Mass forced relocations of “undesirable” populations.
What Amnesty has to say on ethnic makeup of Croatia and Kosovo?
So the same thing Britain did to Northern Ireland
They’ve been at it for centuries. This is what went on 100-200km south of Crimea on the Black Sea coast:
> The Circassian genocide was the Russian Empire’s systematic mass murder, ethnic cleansing, and expulsion of 95–97% of the Circassian population, resulting in 1 to 1.5 million deaths
> Killing methods used by Russian forces during the genocide included impaling and tearing the bellies of pregnant women as means of intimidation of the Circassian population.
> The Genocide is considered to have had its first steps in the deportation and/or massacre of the Muslim Circassian population of the Russian Empire.
> Only a small percentage who accepted Russification and resettlement within the Russian Empire were completely spared. The remaining Circassian population who refused were variously dispersed or killed en masse.
> The Circassian genocide was also the deadliest ethnic cleansing campaign of the 19th century.
> As of 2023, Georgia is the only country to recognize the Circassian genocide. Russia actively denies the Circassian genocide, and classifies the events as a migration.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circassian_genocide
>Since 2014,
lol, russia has been doing this since the 16th century.
This is nothing new. Russians are doing that for centuries. Only willingly blind don’t see that
Come on, guys. Even Ukrainians know that the absolute majority of Crimean population accepted Russian citizenship willingly. There’re exceptions, but those are few. There’s no change in ethnic makeup since Ukrainians were never a dominant group in Crimea. The region has always been predominantly Russian-speaking, with Tatars being second. And Tatars haven’t left Crimea.
Didnt work
Is this not obvious to everyone? This is what Russia wants to do in Ukraine, Belarus (they’re already well on their way to Russification there), all the other neighbouring Slavic nations if given the opportunity.
Isn’t Amnesty International Putinist ?
Always have been
Been doing this for ages and never have paid for thier crimes
I checked the census data for my homwtown, Sevastopol recently. Very happy to report it went from 75% to 90% Russians. In the Old World, such high numbers are actually very normal.
Can anyone explain to me like I am five how it is that Israel has been doing this for decades and gets support from USA, but when Russia does it, its evil?
This the same Amnesty that called for Ukraine to surrender?
Need to break Russia into smaller pieces is the solution
Well, duh!
Yes russification is nothing new.
The hell do people think Russia is as big as it is? People just appeared out of nowhere 1000 years ago and colonized empty land?! This is in no way, shape or form any new tactic by the Russians and is as old as mankind itself. Unlike the russians, the rest of us grew up and started looking inwards instead of outwards.
As someone from Moldova, can confirm. This is their signature since forever.
we’ve been telling you for 10 years, but nice that you’re catching up
Russia commits genocide in broad daylight, and they think they will get away with it.
Behind the Lines: Russia’s Ethnic Cleansing
https://cepa.org/article/behind-the-lines-russias-ethnic-cleansing/
Russian forces are squeezing out locals and resettling Russian citizens in Ukraine’s occupied territories.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2022/04/28/forced-conscription-how-russia-wipes-out-the-male-population-of-occupied-donbas/
The Western alliance has the obligation to ensure that this proves to be a major miscalculation.
Russia must be held accountable for its barbaric war. Macron’s recent statements are music to my ears.
True courage isn’t the absence of fear. It is saddling up despite that fear anyways.
The ten stages of genocide
Genocide is a human phenomenon that can be analysed and understood and, consequently, may be prevented. According to academic and activist Gregory H. Stanton, genocide is a process that develops in ten stages, described here.
The stages do not necessarily follow a linear progression and may coexist. Prevention measures may be implemented at any stage.
1. Classification
2. Symbolisation
3. Discrimination
4. Dehumunisation
5. Organisation
6. Polarization
7. Preparation
8. Persecution
9. Extermination
10. Denial
Putin follows the same playbook as Stalin in the 1930s. That is what is at stake.
https://museeholocauste.ca/en/resources-training/ten-stages-genocide
I love an instagram page called @crimea.comeback. She is amazing and highly informative on the subject